I will keep the home fires burning while you travel for work.
keep the home fires burning
idiomTo maintain daily routine and provide the necessities of life in a home or community.
Origin
disputed originA reference to keeping campfires, lights, etc. at one's home village burning, often while part of the population travels elsewhere to hunt, etc.
With her husband deployed overseas, she stayed behind to keep the home fires burning for their three young children.
While the rest of the community sought fortune in the distant gold fields, he remained in the village to keep the home fires burning for those who could not leave.
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